It was an age where women couldn’t vote, non-whites rarely went to school, and the American government said Native Americans weren’t citizens. The odds were against Susan LaFlesche Picotte. Some of her own people rejected her learning and caregiving. But she persisted. She earned a degree in medicine and worked tirelessly to improve her tribe’s…… Continue reading The Amazing First Native American Woman Doctor
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How Many Indigenous People Do You Think America Has?
It will soon be Indigenous Peoples Day. Think you know about our Native Americans? How many indigenous people do you think America has?
Spy, Loyalist, and Diplomat
A spy, loyalist and diplomat, and a clan matron, Molly Brant straddled two worlds. She was an influential Mohawk woman during the Revolutionary War.